Gavin Newsom’s Misguided Redistricting Initiative
15th August 2025
There’s a reason he should be upset. California companies are pulling up in droves and moving to the Lone Star State and elsewhere.
But that isn’t what’s bothering him. Newsom cares about politics and power, not markets and business.
He’s upset that the Texas Legislature is moving to redistricting that could add up to five Republican seats in 2026. So, Newsom wants to redistrict, which could add another five Democrat seats in California.
California’s congressional districts are already gerrymandered to death to favor Democrats—17% of the State’s 52 congressional seats are held by Republicans in a state in which Donald Trump garnered 38% of the popular vote in 2024.
One would think that the situation wouldn’t offer much room for Newsom to do anything. Maybe he’s just going to make it even more blatant than it is–like, say, Illinois.